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Mountain Quotes by Sun Tzu
- The skillful tactician may be likened to the shuai-jan. Now the shuai-jan is a snake that is found in the Ch'ang mountains. Strike at its…
- We cannot enter into alliance with neighbouring princes until we are acquainted with their designs. We are not fit to lead an army on the…
- When he utilizes combined energy, his fighting men become, as it were, like rolling logs or stones... The energy developed by good fighting men is…
- Know yourself and you will win all battles. Move swift as the Wind and closely-formed as the Wood. Attack like the Fire and be still…
- Unless you know the mountains and the forests, the defiles and impasses, the lay of the marshes and swamps, you cannot maneuver with an armed…
- When campaigning, be swift as the wind; in leisurely march, majestic as the forest; in raiding and plundering, like fire; in standing, firm as the…
- Swift as the wind. Quiet as the forest. Conquer like the fire. Steady as the mountain
- Getting people to fight by letting the force of momentum work is like rolling logs and rocks. Logs and rocks are still when in a…
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